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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GENTRY

by Joan Johnson

Published by Alan Sutton. 1st. 1989

Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. A comprehensive survey of the landowner families of the 15th - 19th centuries drawn from county and estate records, and illuminated with revealing glimpses of everyday life - from diary entries, household accounts, marriage contracts, and personal and official correspondence. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 269 pages including index.

Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Foxing to top edge of text block, not affecting contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

ISBN: 0862995841
Stock no. 1830831

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Map
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One Feudal Origins
  • Chapter Two Changing Fortunes
  • Chapter Three Careers Open to Talents
  • Chapter Four The Golden Age of Elizabeth
  • Chapter Five A New Dynasty and a New Age
  • Chapter Six A Class Divided by War
  • Chapter Seven Post-War Recovery
  • Chapter Eight The Closing Years of the Seventeenth Century
  • Interlude: Political Background to the Eighteenth Century
  • Chapter Nine Public Servants
  • Chapter Ten Investors and Innovators
  • Chapter Eleven Patrons and Pleasure Seekers
  • Chapter Twelve Personal Matters
  • Interlude: Political Background to the Nineteenth Century
  • Chapter Thirteen: Power and Privilege in Decline
  • Conclusion

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